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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gnarls Ford (ranked 2429 p4p, 324 weight class) and Alphonzo Mirage (ranked 880 p4p, 127 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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199 cm
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216 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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191 cm
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212 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gnarls Ford! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alphonzo Mirage! The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Mirage fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ford is out of range. Ford rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mirage counters with a nice body shot. Mirage steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ford. Mirage circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice body kick there by Mirage. Ford misses with a double jab.
Ford avoids a kick to the body.
Mirage misses with a body kick. Ford throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ford throws out a powerful jab. Ford lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mirage scores with a spinning back kick! Mirage gets a clinch. A head punch on the inside from Ford fails to land. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mirage. Mirage lands a body punch in the clinch. Ford is breathing heavily. Mirage lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ford.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mirage lands a body shot in the clinch.
I was talking to Ford's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Ford misses with a hook from the clinch. Mirage lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mirage tries to throw a body punch but Ford avoids it by throwing Mirage back against the cage. Mirage stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A short right from Mirage. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ford. Ford prevents a body shot from Mirage. Come on Mirage - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Mirage is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ford misses with some punches.
Mirage scores with an uppercut up the middle. Mirage lands with a light punch inside. Ford lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. A nice left hand lands by Mirage.
Mirage lands a nice uppercut. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Mirage cracks Ford with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Mirage lands with a short head shot on the inside. Mirage gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Mirage lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mirage lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ford backwards. A short right hand to the side of the head by Mirage. Mirage works on Ford's body with a couple of short punches. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mirage. Mirage lands a right hand. Mirage lands a nice shot to the body. Mirage lands a shoulder strike. Mirage lands with a left to the head. Mirage lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ford is rocked! Mirage lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Oh Ford is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Mirage lands a shot to the body. Mirage unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Ford! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Mirage is unloading with more strikes now! Ford drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alphonzo Mirage! During a confident post fight interview, Alphonzo Mirage thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
64% |
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